RFTmusic tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic/35 /img/atom_logo.png 2012-02-22T21:25:17Z The Riverfront Times' Music Blog Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en Five Bible Verses Creed Should Have Paid Attention To tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.580086 2012-02-22 14:07:48 2012-02-22T21:25:17Z These days, any old band can come out as Christian (even ICP) but the title used to come with a heavier dose of Savior swagger. And maybe more guilt. Because Creed recently announced its plan t... Kelsey Whipple These days, any old band can come out as Christian (even ICP) but the title used to come with a heavier dose of Savior swagger. And maybe more guilt. Because Creed recently announced its plan t...

Continue reading "Five Bible Verses Creed Should Have Paid Attention To " > ]]> 1 http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic/creed-tour-thumb.jpg Five Bible Verses Creed Should Have Paid Attention To The Kanrocksas Music Festival Won't Be Happening in 2012 tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.580281 2012-02-22 12:38:32 2012-02-22T19:39:28Z The Kanrocksas Music Festival, assembled last year in rapid fashion with a lineup of surprisingly big names (Eminem, the Black Keys, the Flaming Lips...), will be taking what would have been i... Kiernan Maletsky The Kanrocksas Music Festival, assembled last year in rapid fashion with a lineup of surprisingly big names (Eminem, the Black Keys, the Flaming Lips...), will be taking what would have been i...

Continue reading "The Kanrocksas Music Festival Won't Be Happening in 2012" > ]]> 0 Who brought Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis to an Apartment Party in St. Louis Last Year? [Update: Found!] tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579787 2012-02-22 11:10:17 2012-02-22T17:12:30Z Update, 3/22 Our mystery Girl Talk party host is Chiara Andriole, whose story you can find in the comments. Pin-Up Bowl, evidently, is where you can find Nirvana fan mash-up kings. Original p... Kiernan Maletsky Update, 3/22 Our mystery Girl Talk party host is Chiara Andriole, whose story you can find in the comments. Pin-Up Bowl, evidently, is where you can find Nirvana fan mash-up kings. Original p...

Continue reading "Who brought Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis to an Apartment Party in St. Louis Last Year? [Update: Found!]" > ]]> 0 Craigslist St. Louis: A Musical Missed Connection tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579973 2012-02-22 07:38:39 2012-02-22T07:38:58Z There are hundreds of hilarious Craigslist ads posted every day, but we're partial to the Missed Connections- the section where the besotted post regrets over incomplete love connections. This w... Jaime Lees There are hundreds of hilarious Craigslist ads posted every day, but we're partial to the Missed Connections- the section where the besotted post regrets over incomplete love connections. This w...

Continue reading "Craigslist St. Louis: A Musical Missed Connection" > ]]> 0 Official First-Ballot Inductees to the Simpsons' Music Hall of Fame: I Bent My Wookie tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579993 2012-02-22 06:36:50 2012-02-22T17:48:20Z The sheer longevity of The Simpsons would be impressive if it wasn't so frightening. Consider: A person born on the day of the first non-Tracey Ullman Show episode is now 22 years old. And if ch... Jason Rosenbaum The sheer longevity of The Simpsons would be impressive if it wasn't so frightening. Consider: A person born on the day of the first non-Tracey Ullman Show episode is now 22 years old. And if ch...

Continue reading "Official First-Ballot Inductees to the Simpsons' Music Hall of Fame: I Bent My Wookie" > ]]> 0 Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers Author at Tonight's Noir at the Bar tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579914 2012-02-21 14:30:45 2012-02-21T20:56:10Z Tonight's guest at Subterranean Books' Noir at the Bar reading series is of particular interest to us here at RFT Music: It's Benjamin Whitmer, who wrote Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin ... Kiernan Maletsky Tonight's guest at Subterranean Books' Noir at the Bar reading series is of particular interest to us here at RFT Music: It's Benjamin Whitmer, who wrote Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin ...

Continue reading "Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers Author at Tonight's Noir at the Bar" > ]]> 0 Fun. is Coming to the Pageant tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579857 2012-02-21 12:41:42 2012-02-21T19:25:55Z Fun. has just announced a show scheduled for June 9 at the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161). Tickets are $17.50 in advance and go on sale March 2 at 5 p.m. We think you should go... Kiernan Maletsky Fun. has just announced a show scheduled for June 9 at the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161). Tickets are $17.50 in advance and go on sale March 2 at 5 p.m. We think you should go...

Continue reading "Fun. is Coming to the Pageant" > ]]> 0 Wilco and Jay Farrar will Release Woody Guthrie Tribute Albums This Year. Separately. tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579805 2012-02-21 10:37:08 2012-02-21T18:28:49Z Over the weekend, Billy Bragg announced that he and Wilco would release a third installment in their Mermaid Avenue series. The albums draw inspiration from Woody Guthrie's notebooks of unrelea... Kiernan Maletsky Over the weekend, Billy Bragg announced that he and Wilco would release a third installment in their Mermaid Avenue series. The albums draw inspiration from Woody Guthrie's notebooks of unrelea...

Continue reading "Wilco and Jay Farrar will Release Woody Guthrie Tribute Albums This Year. Separately." > ]]> 0 How Beatlemania Extended to a Southern Illinois Town tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579626 2012-02-21 07:17:14 2012-02-21T20:22:06Z Beatlemania is arguably the most expansive musical frenzy in modern history, so it's not surprising that places big and small would try to latch on to every bit of the Fab Four's legacy. But i... Jason Rosenbaum Beatlemania is arguably the most expansive musical frenzy in modern history, so it's not surprising that places big and small would try to latch on to every bit of the Fab Four's legacy. But i...

Continue reading "How Beatlemania Extended to a Southern Illinois Town" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic/beatlehouse-thumb.jpg How Beatlemania Extended to Southern Illinois Stream Water Liars' Debut, Phantom Limb, on KDHX tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579529 2012-02-20 15:03:01 2012-02-20T22:23:26Z Water Liars is Justin Kinkel-Schuster and Andrew Bryant. They're releasing their debut, Phantom Limb, on Friday at Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue, 314-773-3363). You can check back tomorrow for ... Kiernan Maletsky Water Liars is Justin Kinkel-Schuster and Andrew Bryant. They're releasing their debut, Phantom Limb, on Friday at Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue, 314-773-3363). You can check back tomorrow for ...

Continue reading "Stream Water Liars' Debut, Phantom Limb, on KDHX" > ]]> 0 Zola Jesus Talks About David Lynch, Slaughtering a Brian Eno Cover and Why She Believes in Suffering tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579392 2012-02-20 11:34:15 2012-02-21T03:17:10Z Zola Jesus is in a playground at midnight, and she's mucking in the darkest places, searching out tiny pains and feeding them blood and chocolate until they're large and capable of decimating ci... Diana Benanti Zola Jesus is in a playground at midnight, and she's mucking in the darkest places, searching out tiny pains and feeding them blood and chocolate until they're large and capable of decimating ci...

Continue reading "Zola Jesus Talks About David Lynch, Slaughtering a Brian Eno Cover and Why She Believes in Suffering" > ]]> 0 Introducing Gary Copeland's South-Fi Studio tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.578952 2012-02-20 09:01:23 2012-02-20T08:07:51Z We get very excited when there is a new recording studio in town. With each new studio comes the promise of new batch of local releases, so we checked in with Gary Copeland of the minty-fresh S... Jaime Lees We get very excited when there is a new recording studio in town. With each new studio comes the promise of new batch of local releases, so we checked in with Gary Copeland of the minty-fresh S...

Continue reading "Introducing Gary Copeland's South-Fi Studio " > ]]> 0 Chris Cornell will Always Love You, Regardless of Your Sexual Orientation tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579190 2012-02-20 07:06:26 2012-02-20T13:55:53Z Longtime Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell is winning a heap of (deserved) praise for scolding a homophobic traveler. According to the New York Post, Cornell was waiting in the Alaska Airlines... Jason Rosenbaum Longtime Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell is winning a heap of (deserved) praise for scolding a homophobic traveler. According to the New York Post, Cornell was waiting in the Alaska Airlines...

Continue reading "Chris Cornell will Always Love You, Regardless of Your Sexual Orientation" > ]]> 0 The Six Best Presidents Of The United States Of America Songs tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.579238 2012-02-20 06:03:03 2012-02-21T05:14:56Z Just as Thanksgiving was a reminder of Irish rock band the Cranberries, today's national holiday is a celebration of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and quirky Seattle alternative rock trio t... Ryan Wasoba Just as Thanksgiving was a reminder of Irish rock band the Cranberries, today's national holiday is a celebration of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and quirky Seattle alternative rock trio t...

Continue reading "The Six Best Presidents Of The United States Of America Songs" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic/The_Presidents_of_the_United_States_of_America-The_Presidents_of_the_United_States_of_America.jpg The Best Presidents of the United States of America Songs moe. at The Pageant, 2/16/12: Photos tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.578747 2012-02-17 11:18:08 2012-02-17T17:18:12Z They've been playing together since the late 1980s -- long enough to know how to throw a hell of a party. And that's just what moe. did last night at The Pageant. RFT photographer Todd Owyoung ... Kholood Eid They've been playing together since the late 1980s -- long enough to know how to throw a hell of a party. And that's just what moe. did last night at The Pageant. RFT photographer Todd Owyoung ...

Continue reading "moe. at The Pageant, 2/16/12: Photos" > ]]> 0 10 Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend (That Do Not Involve Air Supply) tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.578758 2012-02-17 09:27:04 2012-02-17T15:39:22Z Just in case you haven't nearly wrecked your car staring at Lumiere Place's toweringly monolithic billboard off I-70 recently, we'll start out by informing you that yes, the legendary Australian ... Daniel Hill Just in case you haven't nearly wrecked your car staring at Lumiere Place's toweringly monolithic billboard off I-70 recently, we'll start out by informing you that yes, the legendary Australian ...

Continue reading "10 Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend (That Do Not Involve Air Supply)" > ]]> 0 The Ten Biggest Presidential Endorsements by Musicians in the 2012 Campaign tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.578150 2012-02-17 07:18:07 2012-02-17T14:53:21Z Megadeth rocker Dave Mustaine raised a few collective eyebrows this week when he endorsed former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's bourgeoning presidential bid. The former Pennsylvania senator has bee... Jason Rosenbaum Megadeth rocker Dave Mustaine raised a few collective eyebrows this week when he endorsed former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's bourgeoning presidential bid. The former Pennsylvania senator has bee...

Continue reading "The Ten Biggest Presidential Endorsements by Musicians in the 2012 Campaign" > ]]> 0 Whitney Houston's Death And The Celeb-Blogging Search Engine Spiral tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.578514 2012-02-17 06:06:12 2012-02-16T20:34:17Z Some of the blog entries written about Whitney Houston's death last week were a legitimate outpouring of grief, and some of what I felt when I heard the news was a real sadness, a real desire t... Dan Moore Some of the blog entries written about Whitney Houston's death last week were a legitimate outpouring of grief, and some of what I felt when I heard the news was a real sadness, a real desire t...

Continue reading "Whitney Houston's Death And The Celeb-Blogging Search Engine Spiral" > ]]> 0 The Ten Best Neighborhood Bars in St. Louis tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.578525 2012-02-16 12:54:14 2012-02-16T21:48:34Z ​Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping... RFT Music ​Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping...

Continue reading "The Ten Best Neighborhood Bars in St. Louis" > ]]> 0 Idle Warship at 2720 Cherokee: Review tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2012:/rftmusic//35.578468 2012-02-16 11:39:17 2012-02-16T20:07:01Z Idle Warship | SoundClash 2720 Cherokee February 15, 2012 Since setting up shop in the burgeoning Cherokee Street Art District in 2009, 2720 has made a name for itself in the national club sc... Josh Levi Idle Warship | SoundClash 2720 Cherokee February 15, 2012 Since setting up shop in the burgeoning Cherokee Street Art District in 2009, 2720 has made a name for itself in the national club sc...

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